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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

Others follow independent financial lead investors and most require that independent investors be part of the syndicate. Protecting one’s reputation is incredibly important for any investor, whether independent or corporate. We have to respect the due diligence requirements of our parent company, but haven’t found it penalizing.”.

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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

Some angel investors join together in syndicates. One of the dangers of taking investment from individual angels,rather than through an angel group or investment firm, is that theyhave less reputation to protect. 5 ] Another danger of less known firms is that, like angels, they haveless reputation to protect.